From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,71b19e01eae3a390 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Context Switching Date: 1999/05/11 Message-ID: <37383ab3@eeyore.callnetuk.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 476603989 References: <3736e104@eeyore.callnetuk.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: da134d200.dialup.callnetuk.com X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: 926433672 02H499TBW8004D443C uk21.supernews.com Organization: RemarQ http://www.remarQ.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-05-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In another thread I said some processors could do a context switch in a few 'picoseconds'. I am grateful to Keith Thompson pointing out to me that I meant 'nanoseconds'. It'll happen one day, of course, but not until they've solved the problem of those pesky tunnelling electrons. Sorry! ------------------------------------- Nick Roberts -------------------------------------